Questions and Replies

The right of Members to put questions to Ministers is an important part of ensuring the executive authority’s accountability to the Provincial Parliament. Questions may be put to Ministers related to their spheres of responsibility. Replies to questions are either given orally in the House or in writing. The replies to oral questions are recorded in Hansard.

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Question Question Number Date Question Link
  1. Whether the SAPS Occult Unit still exists; if so, what kind of investigations does this unit conduct;

 

  1. whether it is conducting any investigations in the Western Cape; if so, how many investigations?

 

 3 26 February 2021 10512

On 17 February 2021 the Premier announced that the Province had acquired 130 hectares of land that will have the potential to create 13 000 housing opportunities:

  1. What was the extent of each land parcel that was acquired in which neighbourhoods of each town or the city that makes up 130 hectares, (b) when was each parcel of land that makes up the 130 hectares acquired, (c) from where (from a private property owner or a state department) was each land parcel that makes up the 130 hectares acquired and (d) what was the total purchase price of each parcel of land?

 

 2 26 February 2021 10511

On 17 February 2021 the Premier announced that the Province had acquired 130 hectares of land that will have the potential to create 13 000 housing opportunities:

  1. Where and in which neighbourhoods in each town and the city will the 13 000 housing opportunities be created, (b) how many opportunities will be created in each neighbourhood, (c) what is the nature of the housing opportunities (housing programme typology), (d) what progress has been made with the planning and development of each project, (e) when will the 13 000 housing opportunities be delivered to beneficiaries, (f) what is the connection, if any, of these 13 000 housing opportunities with the 10 000 housing opportunities announced by the former Minister of Human Settlements in his budget speech in March 2019 and (g) if these 13 000 housing opportunities exclude the 10 000 housing opportunities announced in March 2019, (i) what progress has been made with the planning and development of these 10 000 housing opportunities, (ii) where will these 10 000 housing opportunities be delivered and (iii) what land parcels have been secured by way of release, acquisition or power of attorney for the development of these 10 000 housing opportunities?
 1 26 February 2021 10510

(1)     What measures are in place to (a) investigate and (b) prevent incidents of bullying and harassment of female staff members in her Department by their male counterparts;

(2)     whether there have been any complaints of bullying and harassment lodged by female staffers in senior management against their male counterparts between February 2019 and August 2020; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how were these complaints resolved?

 5 4 September 2020 10509

With regard to school visits by district officials:

(1)     Whether any schools have been visited by (a) curriculum advisors and/or (b) any other district officials between March and August 2020; if not, why not; if so, how many curriculum advisors and other officials physically visited schools;

(2)     whether there is a (a) circular and/or (b) any formal communication that instructed curriculum advisors and/or any other district officials not to visit schools during the lockdown; if so, what are the relevant details;

(3)     (a) how many physical visits to schools did she undertake between March and July 2020, (b) which schools were visited, (c) what are the reasons for this number of visits and (d) when was the last visit;

(4)     (a) how much has her Department spent on the School Evaluation Authority, (b) what is the breakdown of that expenditure and (c) what work has been done by the School Evaluation Authority during this academic year?

 4 4 September 2020 10508

(1)   Whether summons have been issued against the principal and the school governing body (SGB) of the Grove Primary School; if so, what are the (a) details of the summons and (b) transgressions of the parties involved;

(2)   whether there is any money that is meant to be recovered by the WCED from the principal and SGB; if so, (a) how much is the money and (b) how was it calculated;

(3)   whether there were any delays between her Department concluding the internal investigation and the issuing of the instructions to the state’s attorneys; if so, what are the relevant details?

 3 4 September 2020 10507
    1. Whether any government vehicles, use by provincial Ministers, were involved in any motor vehicle collisions or crashes (a) between 2014 and 2019 and (b) during the current term of office; if so, for each incident: (i) which Minister was involved, (ii) which vehicle was involved, (iii) what was the date of the collision, (iv) name the place of the collision and (v)(aa) the nature and (bb) the value of the damages;
    1. whether the vehicle was driven by an authorised driver; if not, what are the relevant details;
    1. whether any costs of damages were recovered from any party; if so, from whom?
 2 4 September 2020 10506

(1)    (a) What are the details of transfers to municipalities for the building and/or maintenance of sport infrastructure that have been made by her Department in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020 and (viii) 2021 to date and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the expenditure for each transfer;

 4 13 August 2021 10504

(1)    (a) How many investigations have been launched in respect of the George Municipality in terms of section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act from 2009 to date, (b) what allegations were or are the subject of each of these investigations, (c) how many of the investigations identified in (a) above (i) have been completed to date and (ii) are ongoing, (d) what costs have been incurred by the Western Cape Government to date for each of the investigations identified in (a) above, (e) what positive outcomes have been achieved by each of the investigations identified in (c) above, (f) by when will each of the investigations identified in (c) above be completed, (g) how many of the investigation reports received by him to date have been issued to the George Municipality for further action but have been subsequently withdrawn by him, (h) which investigations identified in (a) above concern these withdrawals, (i) why were each of the investigation reports identified in (g) above withdrawn, (j) what steps have been taken or are being taken to address the reasons for the withdrawals identified in (g) above and (k) what are the cost implications to the Western Cape Government for withdrawing the investigation reports identified in (g) above;
(2)    whether the investigations in (h) above have been abandoned; if so, what are the relevant details?
 

 2 13 August 2021 10503

With regard to Conradie Park (Conradie Hospital Better Living Model):
(1)    (a) What are the residential opportunities in the Conradie Better Living Project, (b) what are the income ranges that qualify for these housing opportunities and (c) what are the timelines for their availability;

(2)    whether the project includes social housing; if not, why not; if so, (a) which is the social housing company and (b) what are the timelines;

(3)    what is the progress of the project;

(4)    whether the project accessed USDG funding from the City yet; if so, how much;

(5)    how do low- to middle-income families access or apply for these housing opportunities?
 

 1 13 August 2021 10502

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